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Fashion is changing in every moment but fortunately, it couldn’t change the denim jeans wearing culture. As it still remains intact till to date and attract its consumers in the same way. Although the denim clothes pattern/looks changes with the passage of time yet the base material and themes are still identical. Keeping in view the consumer’s constant high demand, the fashion guru’s added different contents like Viscose, Modal and Lyocell etc. in the main fabric to give rich and gorgeous look and hand feel of the denim fabric. These types of fabrics are broadly use by the famous brands of the fashion wears all over the world. As these cellulosic fabrics are the main causes of tress cutting which we already discussed in our previous article Fashion Fabrics and Forests Sustainability.

Denim Companies towards Sustainability:

Due to rapid change in fashion and consumer’s liking and disliking, the denim fabric’s contents modified as per the requirements of consumers and fashion drift. But sooner everyone realize this thing that we are playing with our natural environment by cutting millions of trees due to our fashion craze. After realizing this bitter reality, the key fashion denim players play a positive step towards environment revivals. They join hands with the environment companies like Canopy, ZDHC and Greenpeace etc to sustain a world’s environment.

For this purpose, the main five denim brands have took the initiatives to make their denim and other productions more sustainable and environment friendly. The efforts of these companies to make the world better and greener are much appreciable. The below are five environment friendly champs:

The Levi’s make endless efforts towards saving the water into their productions through groundbreaking water-saving techniques. They are working extensively toward their garment washing techniques to use less water for their recent and upcoming productions. The company’s new steps towards employees leaves policy is also a positive step towards this journey.

In early January, this famous Nordic brand received the Nordic ecolabel license after creating jeans that is meeting 99% of the desirable label demands. Their sustainable jeans articles is conforming the environment friendly standards against dangerous chemicals, pollutant, endocrine disruptors or Heavy Metals. Moreover, they establish a healthy working environment for its company’s employees.

They are one of those who already followed the environmental friendly steps since 2007. And as per the brand, in December,2017, they claim of saving three billion liters of water for last ten years. It’s a big step towards environment because the people who are in denim industry know this thing that saving water from washing process is really difficult.

As everyone knows this renowned group which introduced well established brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. They have already announced and joined the environment friendly organizations to sustain the world from toxin, hazardous chemicals, heavy metals etc.

VF Corp’s has already launched a pilot program. The said program is helping the US cotton farmers reach the next level in sustainable growing practices. Moreover, they declared partnership with the Paradigm for Parity coalition in recent December. And the main purpose of this union is to achieve gender equality throughout the company by the year 2030.

From fashion to environment, everything is changing drastically. The awareness of environment condition updates reaches us not so often. So, every new update from environment friendly people/organizations increases our concerns towards eco-friendly environment dream. We are wasting countless forest tress for our fashion craze. As these trees are being used in the manufacturing of dissolving pulp to produce fabrics like Viscose, Modal and Lyocell. These are the fabrics which are extensively use by the famous brands for the fashion wears. As per the research findings, More than 120 million trees are cut every year for cellulosic fabric. And, the pulp production will be double by 2050.

From last three and half years, the CanopyStyle campaign, which is partnering with fashion brands, fashion designers and their viscose suppliers to keep the world’s endangered forests out of the rayon/viscose clothing. The Canopystyle’s campaign is with a motto that being stylish doesn’t have to cost the earth. The Canopystyle environmental friendly initiatives become the fastest moving environmental step in apparel industry. And now in such a short time period, the 100 famous fashion and apparel brands (H&M, C&A, M&S, Levi’s, Inditex/Zara, ASOS, VF Corp and many more) who have already signed on to the fastest-pace environmental initiative and became the part of this environment friendly cause.

Forest Sustainability:

The Canopy and the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) have decided to work together to keep the global endangered forests out of the US fashion supply chain. As per the president of USFIA, Julia K Huges, “Several of our members are part of the CanopyStyle initiative already. And we look forward to propelling Canopy’s positive impact in the rayon and viscose supply chain even further in the US marketplace.”

Canopy & USFIA Partnership:

The Canopy (not-for-profit environmental organization) has deep expertise in supply chain management. It collaborates with more than 750 companies around the world to develop innovative solutions to make their supply-chains more sustainable. And it helps to protect the world’s remaining ancient and endangered forests. Whereas, the USFIA has more than 200 members who are doing businesses globally and are champions on global trade issues.

So, everyone from the industry is expecting that this alliance will give the opportunity to the importers to make sure this thing that rayon and viscose fabrics from controversial sources will not be the part of their supply chain. Along with that, this alliance will also support to develop and introduce new products methodologies through innovative technologies. And this will ultimately support the fashion and environment to develop such alternatives like straw and recycled clothing which would recover the environment too.